Youth Recovery Board

Zack Polanski: What is the impact of the Youth Recovery Board on your decisions as Mayor? How are you ensuring that the voices of board members are heard and that the issues they care about are acted upon?

The Mayor: The Youth Recovery Board (YRB) brings together young people from various advisory groups, including the Mayor’s Peer Outreach Team and London Youth Assembly. It meets regularly with the Recovery Programme Team and mission leads, providing feedback and challenge to the planning and delivery of the missions and wider recovery programme.
The YRB sends two members to the London Recovery Board meetings to ensure the views of young Londoners are heard. The members are engaged and active in the meetings. At the last meeting, they raised concerns over the ability of young people with disabilities to access training and jobs support, and the impact that struggling high streets are having on young people and their communities. The Board, which I co-chair, accepted these as priorities
The Youth Recovery Board is planning a Youth Summit later this year, which will amplify the voices of young Londoners, help set the agenda for recovery and influence the work of the Recovery Board and missions.